Magazine and repeating rifle.



No. 798,540. PATENTED AUG. 29. 190 15. R. c. STEVENSON A 0. RYLAND.MAGAZINE AND REPEATING RIFLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28, 1904.

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No. 798,540. EATENTEN AUG. 29, 1905. E. 0. STEVENSON & 0. RYLAND.

MAGAZINE AND REPEATING RIFLE.

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ROBERT CAMPBELL STEVENSON, OF KILMARN OCK, SCOTLAND, AND CHARLES RYLAND,OF BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND.

MAGAZINE AND REPEATING RIFLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Aug. 29, 1905.

Application filed September 28, 1904. Serial No. 226,363.

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Be it known that we, RoBERT CAMPBELL STEVENSON, residing at Rosehill,London Road, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, and CHARLES RYLAND,residing at 18 Weaman street, in the city of Birmingham, England, havejointly invented new and useful Im provements in Magazine and RepeatingRifles; and we hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description of the same. V This invention has reference tomagazinerifies or repeating-rifles of the kind described in thespecification of Letters Patent No. 749,463, dated January 12, 1904,granted to R. C. Stevenson, in which a tubular sliding bolt for placingthe cartridge in the chamber and containing the striker for firing it isoperated by a sliding cocking-rod which has a handle underneath thebarrel. i

The invention comprises improvements in the magazine and in themechanism for feeding the cartridges in successive order to the space inthe front of the chamber to be pushed forward thereinto by the bolt. Themechanism is of simple construction and is certain in action, and themagazine is so arranged that it will hold a large numbersay twelveof the.2 cartridges and feed them properly up into positlon, as aforesaid, forfiring.

The said invention also comprises an improved form of magazine for thesaid rifle.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, Figure 1is a sectional side elevation of the main portion of a magazine-rifle orrepeating-rifle constructed in accordance with this invention, showingthe parts in the positions which they occupy after the rifle has beenfired. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same magazine-rifleor repeating-rifle, showing the parts in the positions which they occupywhen a cartridge has by the mechanism been brought up into position tobe carried forward into the chamber; and Fig. 3 shows some of the sameparts with the cartridge pushed forward into the chamber and the riflecocked ready for firing. Fig. 4 is a cross-section through the bolt andits casing on line X X of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a general view of the backpart of the cockingpiece. Fig. 6 is an inverted plan of the same. Fig. 7is a general view of the cartridge-carrier block, and Fig. 8 is across-sectional ele- -of the bolt.

vation of the same. Fig. 9 shows separately the bolt-check of the rifle.Fig. 10 is a separate view of the bolt-check lever of the same. Fig. 11is an inverted plan of the bolt separately. Fig. 12 is a sectional sideelevation Fig. 13 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 14 is a frontelevation of the same. Fig. 15 is a side elevation and inverted plan ofthe hammer. Fig. 16 is a plan and side elevation of the extractor, andFig.1? is a plan of the magazine. Figs. 18 and 19 illustrate in sideelevation and inverted plan, respectively, the fore part of the improvedrifle having a bayonet-slot connection between the magazine and aclip-bracket on the barrel of the rifle.

The same reference-numerals indicate the same parts in all the figures.

1 is the tubular sliding bolt which places the cartridges in successiveorder in the chamber 2 at the back end of the barrel 3.

4 is the hammer, partly contained in the sliding bolt.

5 is the sliding cocking-rod, which operates the sliding bolt, and 6 isthe sliding handle of the cocking-rod underneath the barrel.

In carrying out this invention the back end part? of the cocking-rod-isenlarged and made with a vertical slot 8, in which is located thecartridge-carrier block 9 (shownseparately by Figs. 7 and 8) and whichis adapted for vertical movement. This cartridge-block 9 is pressedupwardly by a suitable spring 10 underneath it and is arranged to workup and down a slot in the guide-piece 11, which is fiXed to the frameand which projects upwardly through the slot 8. Passing through the backend piece 7 of the cocking-rod there is a cross-pin 12, which at propertimes engages in an inclined slot 13 in the carrierblock 9. This slot 13is so shaped, as shown, that when the cocking-rod 5 is pushed for wardby the handle 6 to move the bolt 1 forward and push the cartridge 14into the chamber 2 the cross-pin l2, acting on the inclined side of theslot 13, forces the carrier-block 9 down against its spring 10, as inFig. 1, so that the top part 15 of the carrier-block is opposite theoutlet from the magazine 16, (which latter is situated between thecockingrod 5 and the barrel 3,) and then the cartridge 14, which issituated in the rear end of the magazine, is, by the spring 17 in themaga zine, forced backwardly into the slot in the top of thecarrier-block ready to be raised by the carrier-block into the positionshown by Fig. 2 in front of the bolt 1 and behind the chamber 2, whenthe cocking-rod 5 is pushed back to cook the rifle.

The upper part of the carrier-block which receives the cartridge isinclined at 18 below the cartridge for the purpose hereinafter describedand has two upwardly projecting sides 19 20 above the inclined part 18,the adjacent surfaces of which are hollowed, as in Figs. 7 and 8, toreceive the cartridge, the distance between these sides being justsufficient to allow of the rim of the cartridge to pass through endwise.Fixed to the side of the front part of the carrier-block 9 there is anupwardly-projecting leaf-spring 23, which presses against the side ofthe fore part of the cartridge, so as to prevent it from jumping out ofthe carrier-block when, by the operation of the cocking-rod 5 and thespring 10, it is pushed up into position at the back of the chamber 2,as in Fig. 2. The front end 24 of the bolt 1 is made with side notches25 26 to pass between the inwardly-projecting top parts of the sides 1920 of the carrierblock 9, so that the fore part of the bolt can pass inbetween these sides when pushing the cartridge into the chamber 2. Onthe upper surface 25 of the fore part of the bolt 1 there is fixed theextractor 27, which is shown separately by Fig. 16 and which fits in aslot 28 in the front part 24 of the bolt. tudinal slot 29 in the lowerpart of the bolt there is a striker 30, which is adapted to slideendwise in the bolt for a short distance, the movement of the hammerbeing limited by the cross-pin 31, which takes into a slot 32 in thestriker 30. The fore part 4 of the hammer fits in a circularlongitudinal recess 33 in the bolt 1, and when firing the cartridge thefore part 4 of the hammer strikes the back end of the striker 30, sothat the blow is delivered by the front end of the striker onto the rimof the cartridge, thus exploding the same. The extractor 27 and thestriker 30 are of well-known construction.

Around the shank 34'of the hammer 4 there is a coiled spring 35, whichpropels the hammer forward after it has been released by the sear 36.

37 is the rear abutment for the spring 35, and this is fixed in thebolt-casing 38, so as to facilitate the placing of the bolt-hammer 4,with its spring, in the casing 38. This rear abutment 37 is shown incross-section by Fig. 4 and consists of a collar having a central holethrough which the stem-34 of the hammer 4 can slide, and this collar ismade to it in the tubular casing 38 and, with the hammer 4, is movedalong the same to the position shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, and then therear abut- In a longiment is turned axially through a small angle untila lateral projecting part 39, which is formed on it, takes into acorresponding side slot 40 in the casing 38, as in Fig. 4, whichprevents any lateral movement of the abutment, and the latter is kept inthis position by the small screw 41, which is screwed into it through ahole in the casing 38, as shown in Fig. 4.

42 is the bolt-check, which moves vertically through a small distanceand engages with the outer end of the bolt-check lever 43, which turnson a pivot at 44 and is moved upwardly by the leaf-spring 45, so as tomove the bolt-check 42 to the position shown in Fig. 1 at the back ofthe bolt when the latter has moved forward to close the cartridge in thechamber 2. This bolt-check lever 43 and bolt-check 42 are depressed atthe proper times by the back part 7 of the cocking-rod 5 sliding overthe lever 43, as in Fig. 2, and they are raised at the proper times bythe spring 45, when the cocking-rod is moved forward, as in Figs. 1 and3. The back part 7 of the cocking-rod is connected to the bolt 1 byhaving a top socket 46, (see Fig. 5,) in which engages a downwardlyprojecting part 47, formed on the bolt 1, so that the bolt 1 andcocking-rod 5, with its rear part 7, always move to and fro as onepiece.

When the cartridge 14 has by the spring 17 in the magazine been carriedonto the top of the carrier-block 9, as in Fig. 1, it is important thatthe carrier-block should be timed, so as not to commence to rise untilthe cocking-rod 5 with the bolt 1 have moved back far enough for theback of the cartridge to clear the fore part of the bolt as thecartridge rises up into position at the back of the chamber 2. This iseffected by the side spring 48, which by the screw 49 is fixed to theside of the back part 7 of the cocking-rod 5, and, as will be seenclearly by Fig. 6, this spring 48 is made with an inwardly-projectingend 50, which rides along a ledge or flange 51, which is formed on thebase 52 of the carrier-block 9 and extends backwardly some distancebehind the inclined surface 13, as shown by Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 7.

When the carrier-block 9 is in the position shown by Fig. 1, the spring10, which takes into the hole 22 in the carrier-block 9, forces thecarrier-block upwardly, so that the ledge 51 presses against the end ofthe spring 48, and as the backward movement of the cocking-rod 5 iscontinued and the cross-pin 12 leaves the inclined surface 13 thecarrier- -block 9 is by the spring 48, riding on the ledge 51,effectually prevented from rising until the spring rides off the backend of the base part 52 of the carrier-block 9, so that the latter, withthe cartridge, is now by the spring 10 caused to rise up quickly to theposition shown in Fig. 2 with the cartridge in position for being pushedforward .into the chamber 2. The bolt 1 has now pressed back the hammer4 far enough for its back end 53 i to be engaged by the sear 36, as inFigs. 2 and 3. Now as the cocking-rod 5 is moved forward again the forepart 24% of the bolt 1 pushes against the back end of the cartridge 1&and moves the same forward for a certain distance into the chamber 2,and as this takes place the carrier-block 9 is moved down for a certaindistance by the fore part 24 of the bolt acting on the inclined part 18of the carrier block. The cartridge is meanwhile clipped by the spring23; but as this spring would not allow the rim of the cartridge to passit the parts are so arranged and timed that just before the rim of thecartridge in moving forward comes in contact with the spring 23 the pin12 begins to act upon the lower part of the incline 13 and presses downthe carrier-block 9, so that the spring 23 moves down over the cartridgeand clears the rim while the cartridge is being pushed forward into thechamber by the bolt 1. WVhen the carrier-block 9 commences to move down,its base 52 will be above the turned-in end 50 of the spring 48 untilthis turned-in end comes to the inclined side slot 54: in the base 52,which forces the spring 48 outwardly sidewise as it rises up the slot onthe ledge 51. This inclined slot 54: is so shaped, as shown in Figs. 7and 8, that it does not cut into the ledge 51 to arrest the slidingmovement of the end 50 of the spring 48 when the cocking-rod 5 with itsback portion 7 are being pushed backward, as above described. hen thecocking-rod 5 has been moved to its extreme forward position, as in Fig.1, the next cartridge is by the spring 17 pushed from the magazine intoposition on the top of the carrier-block 9, resting against thestationary block 55, which forms a part of the frame. The carrier-block9 is made of just the proper length from front to back to receive onecartridge, so that when one cartridge has been fed onto it, as shown inFig. 1, this cartridge stops the next cartridge from coming out of themagazine until the carrier-block has been raised, as in Fig. 2, when thenext cartridge in the magazine presses against the carrier-block readyto travel into the recess on the top of the carrier-block, when thelatter is lowered by the next forward movement of the cockingrod, asabove described.

The magazine for containing the cartridges consists of a thin metal tube16 of the proper internal diameter for the cartridges to slide easilyalong it and to be contained in a row one in front of the other, asshown in Figs. 1 and 2. This tubular magazine 16 [itsin a hole in thestock 56. of the rifle, as shown, underneath the barrel 3, and is heldin position by any convenient means, as by the small peg 57 on themagazine, which takes into a bayonetslot in a clip-bracket 58, fixed tothe under side of the barrel. The magazine 16 is slotted longitudinallyat 59 for the greater portion of its length, and working in this slotthere is a screw or peg 60, which is fixed to the block 61, which canslide to and fro along the magazine, and this block is continuouslypressed toward the open end 62 of the magazine by means of the internalcoiled spring 17, the other end of which abuts against the closed end 63of the magazine.

Before filling the magazine it has to be removed from the rifle,which isdone by turning it axially, so as to free the pin 57 from thebayonet-slot in the clip-bracket before mentioned, and then the magazinecan be withdrawn endwise and up-ended, as in Fig. 17. The sliding block61 is by the peg 6O moved back so as to compress the spring, and thispeg 60 is then turned into the side slot 62, so as to block the spring17 in its compressed position. The cartridges can now be placed in themagazine from the open end 62 of the same. Now the magazine with thecartridges is placed in position under the barrel 3 of the rifle andpushed into the hole in the stock 56 and then turned so that the pin 57engages with the bayonet-slot in the clip before mentioned. The block 61is now turned axially by the peg 60, so that the latter can slide alongthe slot 59, and the block 61 presses upon the cartridges backward tofeed them in successive order onto the carrier-block to be raised by thelatter to the front of the chamber, as above described. The hammer isheld back when the bolt is closed by the sear 36, which is depressedwhen firing by the engagement of the trigger with the slot in its rearend, the trigger being pivoted at X.

What we claim, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent of the UnitedStates, is-

1. In a repeating-rifle the combination with the bolt, of a cocking-rodmovable longitudinally of the rifle,a carrier-block serving to raise thecartridges to the chamber and movable in a slot in the cocking-rod, saidblock having an inclined slot, a spring for raising the carrierblock, across-pin carried by the cocking-rod and engaging the said inclined slotand a boltcheck operated by the cocking-rod, substantially as described.

2. In a repeating-rifle the combination with the bolt, of a cocking-rodconnected therewith and movable longitudinally of the rifle, acarrier-block serving to raise the cartridges to the chamber and movableina slot in the cockingrod, said block having an inclined slot, acrosspin on the cocking-rod engaging said inclined slot, a spring-latchcarried by the cocking-rod slidably engaging said carrier-block duringpart of the movement of said cocking-rod, and a bolt-check operated bythe cocking-rod, as described.

3. In a repeating-rifle the combination with the stock of a tube 16fitted to said stock and names to this specification in the presence ofserlving asla mag'alzine, a peg 57 in szltid tgibei two subscribingWitnesses. a c ip-brae :et 58 laving a )ayonet-s 0t Xec a V m H Y to theunder side of the rifle-barrel, a block 61 i gfi ifii 5%; MM LA slidablein said tube 16 and a peg 60 connected to said block and fitting a slotin said Vitnesses: tube, substantially as described. VALLACEFAIRWEATHER;

In testimony whereof We have signed our JNO. ARMSTRONG, Juni'.

